The plan is that attendees will have a chance to be part
of the programme, so attendance will be limited for the May 13th event (albeit up to 75 people, not so many for enthusiastic, knowledgeable people for whom voicing (considered)
opinions is
second nature).
After throat - clearing describing the Senate's roles as a legislative chamber
of «sober
second thought,» and one in which both the regions
of Canada and minorities, not well represented in the House
of Commons, could have a voice, the substantive part
of the Court's
opinion begins with a discussion
of the
nature of the Canadian constitution and constitutional amendment.